Canadian Charities’ Pain-Points in Fundraising

Published May 2020

What is in this report?

This report summarizes research among charities and how they feel about the fundraising process. It offers insights for how governments, grant-making foundations, companies, and citizens can help reduce the pain-points which charities experience.

What are the 3 major takeaways?

  1. Fundraising from institutional funders is challenging and difficult:
    • It is challenging for charities to find interested donors
    • The main funders (e.g. Grant-markers) are not easy to deal with
    • ‘Timeliness’ was a weakness
  2. The (smaller) charities lack resources and skills to easily succeed at fundraising.
  3. Funders are not seen to be interested in funding charities’ greatest needs.

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